Facebook Under Scrutiny After Internal Documents Reveal How It Overlooked Platform’s Negative Effects On Users
Facebook Under Scrutiny After Internal Documents Reveal How It Overlooked Platform’s Negative Effects On Users
- As per reports about Facebook-owned Instagram, Facebook's own researchers' slide deck claims that the app is harmful to mental health, while one slide from 2019 said: "We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls."
A series of reports citing Facebook's citing internal documents have revealed that how the American social media giant is not just aware of its platforms' harmful consequences on users but also has failed to address them.
All the reports were published by The Wall Street Journal this week. In one of the reports about Facebook-owned Instagram, the highlighting fact is the impact of the platform on teens. According to the article, Facebook's own researchers' slide deck claims that the app is harmful to mental health, while one slide from 2019 said: "We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls."
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